Organic Social Opportunities Still Abound For The Flexible With each passing year, achieving stellar results in social media inexpensively gets more challenging. That’s not to say it is impossible. Rather, it requires more thought and a fresh perspective, since opportunities ebb and flow. As we head into the final quarter of 2019, Social Bakers latest […]
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Facebook's Launches Interactive New Ad Units With each passing quarter, social channels get worse and worse for driving web traffic. Organic downstream social traffic started to clam up back in 2017, with Google once again ‘king of the castle’ for those seeking page impressions. At the same time, social ad click-through rates (CTRs) have been
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Facebook is poised to hide like counts from posts. With potentially huge implications for social media metrics, Zuckerberg and co have quietly planted a likes-hiding code in Facebook’s Android app. Losing likes Jane Wong—a Hong Kong based tech blogger—uncovered the ‘prototype functionality’. The inactive code she discovered in the app will (when triggered) hide like/reaction
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Hashtags on Instagram: they enhance exposure and engagement, right? But how can you get the best from them? Put hashtags in post caption or in the first comment? How many? Do you hide them? A data-driven perspective is currently doing the rounds, published by analytics experts Socialinsider and content curation service Quuu. Is this new
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TikTok Usage Surging As Spend Tops $3m *Daily* On Ads With bucket loads of cash to burn, teen app sensation TikTok is showing no signs of slowing down, yet again dominating app download charts. For the uninitiated, TikTok is the international version of Douyin, the Chinese powerhouse, specialising in short-form video. Users upload ‘wacky’ videos
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New Study Shows Big Gains For Social On Stories & Video The gradual story-ifiction of social media was perhaps one of the leading digital themes of 2018. Alternatively, at least, one of the less controversial ones. When considered alongside data misuse, abuse and general platform villainy. As is often the way, platforms shift product direction.
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Facebook's Latest Deals Welcome TV Content To Social Feeds Facebook last week announced a series of new partnerships with many of the major Australian TV movers and shakers. Premium news content from Australia’s leading broadcasters including Nine, Seven, SBS, Sky News and 10 is now available on Facebook. The partnerships include funding to support the
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Facebook Search Ads Now Live Following six months of trialling Facebook has expanded the rollout of its new ‘Search’ ads. Initially announced in December 2018, search ads are now increasingly available as an ad placement, after a successful trial in the automotive and retail sector. The launch of Facebook search ads echoes the recent launch
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New Creator Studio Update Sees Fresh Instagram Integration Five years after launching Facebook Business Manager, Facebook has done the unthinkable and properly integrated Instagram. In recent days Instagram has been integrated natively, within Business Manager as part of the Creator Studio. That’s right. Native baby. Now, step away from your computer and bust a move.
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ACCC's Sweeping Recommendations Will Alter Digital Landscape Forever (Image credit: KC Green, 'This Is Fine' meme.) Last Friday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) concluded its 18-month investigation into the effective digital duopoly which Google and Facebook enjoy. Or, more formally put, its Digital Platform’s enquiry. The final report includes 23 wide-reaching recommendations, the
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